Four-year-old Jasmine is African-American. Jasmine prefers to play with dolls that are white. Also, she is more likely to say that black children are naughtier than white children. Jasmine’s preference for majority values or people suggests that she may be experiencing

a. ethnic dissonance.
b. racial dissonance.
c. cultural dissonance.
d. social dissonance.


Ans: b. racial dissonance.

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